Breakfast links: Mixed-use development is transforming the Walter Reed campus into a neighborhood
The old Walter Reed hospital building by Victoria Pickering licensed under Creative Commons.
The old Walter Reed campus is becoming a neighborhood
More than 2,200 housing units, many of them affordable, are planned for the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus, where a mixed-use development is under construction. Now a once cloistered part of Northwest DC has children playing on a playground and residents beginning to move in. (Martin Austermuhle / DCist)
MoCo legislation would extend pandemic renter protections
Legislation proposed in the Montgomery County Council would extend the county’s pandemic rent stabilization bill, which prevents landlords from raising rents above a set amount or charging late fees, through August next year. (Steve Bohnel / Bethesda Beat)
Silver Line could bring big changes to Herndon
As Metro prepares to extend the Silver Line in 2022, Herndon expects a new nearby stop to bring growth and change. Washington Business Journal offers a tour of the town. (Tristan Navera / Business Journal)
More details emerge about 5-year-old struck and killed in Brookland
5-year-old Allison Hart was struck and killed by the driver of a van in Brookland while riding a bike Monday night. The van was operating as a DC Neighborhood Connect van, a shared shuttle service run by DC’s Department of For-Hire Vehicles. (Post)
Metro safety oversight board finds issues with rail car maintenance
A Washington Metrorail Safety Commission audit found that Metro doesn’t follow proper safety procedures when maintaining its rail cars, leading to safety issues like rail cars separating. The audit is the commission’s fifth this year. (Justin George / Post)
DC sets deadline for some homeless encampment residents to leave
DC is requiring residents of a homeless encampment in NoMa to clear out their belongings by September 27. That encampment and two others are part of a new program that DC officials say includes intensive case management and expedited access to permanent supportive housing. Some longtime residents, however, suspect the move is related to new shops and housing nearby, and others worry about a process that bypasses the waitlist for housing. (Kyle Cooper / WTOP, Mark Segraves / NBC4)
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